Word Count

Author: ardallie

src/easy/WordCount.java

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+package easy;
+
+/**
+ * Have the function WordCount(str) take the str string
+ * parameter being passed and return the number of words the string
+ * contains (e.g. "Never eat shredded wheat or cake" would return 6).
+ * Words will be separated by single spaces.
+ */
+public class WordCount {
+
+ /**
+ * Word Count function.
+ *
+ * @param str input string
+ * @return the number of words the string
+ */
+ private static int wordCount(String str) {
+ String[] words = str.split(" ");
+ return str.length() > 0 ? words.length : 0;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Entry point.
+ *
+ * @param args command line arguments
+ */
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ var result1 = wordCount("The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.");
+ System.out.println(result1);
+ var result2 = wordCount("I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.");
+ System.out.println(result2);
+ }
+
+}